Artificial intelligence (AI) is fast becoming the defining technology of our time. A new UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report projects the global AI market will soar from $189 billion in 2023 to $4.8 trillion by 2033 – a 25-fold increase in just a decade. By then, AI could quadruple its share of the global frontier technology market, rising from 7% to 29% and emerging as the sector’s dominant force. But AI’s rapid growth risks widening global divides. In 2022, just 100 companies – mainly in